In the early 1990s, the longest lead-to-purchase time was 45 weeks for raised floor tiles. Today, the longest lead-to-purchase times are for generators, transformers, switchgear, and raw materials.

The promise of easy-to-build, low-carbon, reliable power is too good to pass up. We need to get serious about exploring SMRs at data centers. How can we scale and make the technology affordable?

The fourth annual Top Tier Products contest is happening now, and you can be a part of it!

Culture is what drives how an organization is able to adapt to challenges, embrace success, and learn from failures. The behind-the-scenes, always-on effort to keep core values at the center of a business isn’t just a “nice to have,” it’s a “have to have.” 

The realities of global warming are undeniable, but we face a population that simply doesn’t understand how they are contributing to it, truly believing that by plugging something into an outlet versus running on self-purchased fuel, they have helped. 

One key aspect when it comes to the future of data centers is not when these things will happen but where. That’s why Mission Critical is excited to announce Future In’Sites’ — a new e-newsletter designed to make sure you end up in the right place at the right time.

The 12 published NERC standards are aimed at regulating, enforcing, monitoring and managing the security of the bulk electric system (BES) in North America. 

From workforce development to raising industry awareness to managing ESG goals and edge computing, the industry is headed for change this year, but what exactly will that look like?

Since curiosity usually gets the best of me, I turned to some industry experts to find out what their Magic 8-Balls are telling them about the future of the mission critical industry. Here are some of the predictions that caught my eye.

Rather than wax on about all the many things that impacted our industry this year and will shape it going into 2023, let’s focus on a big one: the shrinking availability of water.